Authorities: 3 confirmed deaths in derailment

DUPONT, Wash. (AP) - The Latest on an Amtrak train derailment in Washington state (all times local):

5:20 p.m.

Authorities say there are 3 confirmed deaths in the train derailment outside Seattle.

City of DuPont Fire Chief Larry Creekmore also says more than 100 patients transported for treatment Monday after the train went off the track and sent 13 cars onto a highway below.

A U.S. official who was briefed on the investigation said earlier that at least six people were killed. It wasn't immediately clear how to reconcile the numbers.

The official was not authorized to discuss the investigation publicly and spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity.

Authorities say all the train cars have been searched but they didn't know if everyone was accounted for.

- Associated Press writer Michael Balsamo

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3:30 p.m.

An Amtrak train that derailed south of Seattle, killing six people, was going more than 80 mph (129 kph) about one-quarter mile (0.4 kilometers) before it entered a curve where the speed limit was much lower.

A track chart prepared by the Washington State Department of Transportation shows the maximum speed drops from 79 mph (127 kph) to 30 mph (48 kph) for passenger trains just before the tracks curve to cross Interstate 5.

Train 501 left the tracks Monday on the I-5 overpass. More than 50 people were hospitalized.

The chart, dated February 7, 2017, was submitted to the Federal Railroad Administration in anticipation of the start of passenger service along a new bypass route that shaves 10 minutes off the trip between Seattle and Portland.

A website that maps location and speed using data from Amtrak's train tracker app shows the train was going 81.1 mph (129 kph) just before it derailed on the overpass.

It wasn't clear how fast the train was moving when it derailed.

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2:25 p.m.

Authorities say 77 passengers and seven crew members were on board an Amtrak train that derailed near DuPont, Washington.

The announcement lowered the number of passengers previously reported and raised the number of crew members.

The train hurtled off an overpass and crashed into vehicles below Interstate 5 Monday morning, leaving multiple people dead and others wounded.

Banks Olson says the train was not filled to capacity when it derailed.

She says Amtrak is "very grateful there weren't more people involved."

Amtrak says the National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the incident.

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12:50 p.m.

Authorities say a total of 13 train cars jumped the tracks Monday in a deadly Amtrak derailment south of Seattle.

Washington State Patrol spokeswoman Brooke Bova says the train had 12 cars and two engines traveling between Tacoma and Portland, Oregon.

Bova says five vehicles and two semitrailers underneath the train on Interstate 5 were hit when cars came off the tracks from above.

It wasn't clear how many train cars fell onto the road Monday.

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12:05 p.m.

Hospital officials say at least two people are in critical condition and 11 others are seriously injured after a deadly train derailment outside Seattle.

Four hospitals say 50 people have been hospitalized but didn't immediately report all of their conditions. At least one person was in surgery Monday.

The Amtrak train running between Tacoma and Portland, Oregon, derailed south of Seattle as it was making its first run as part of a faster service that local authorities had warned could be dangerous.

The National Transportation Safety Board says it's sending a team, with the first members arriving Monday afternoon.

Board member Bella Dinn-Zarr told reporters in Washington, D.C., that it's too early to tell whether speed contributed to the accident.

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11:55 a.m.

The section of track where an Amtrak train derailed had just been upgraded as part of a $181 million project for a new faster route.

Sound Transit, the public transit system for the Seattle area, owns the track and oversaw construction of the upgrades.

Agency spokeswoman Kimberly Reason says extensive testing was done before the opening of the system Monday but didn't immediately have further details.

Reason says the project rerouted Amtrak trains that had been taking a slower route along a BNSF Railway line.

Authorities say at least six people died when the train went off the track and sent some cars onto a highway below.

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11:25 a.m.

A man who was driving on a highway alongside a train that derailed in Washington state says he and his friend rushed to help the victims.

Daniel Konzelman says they saw train cars with the roofs ripped off or tipped upside down Monday and a few vehicles on the roadway that were damaged.

He says they climbed into train cars and found injured passengers, some who were pinned underneath the train and others who appeared to be dead.

Konzelman says that if victims could move and seemed stable, he helped them climb out of the train. If they appeared seriously hurt, he tried to offer comfort by talking to them to calm them down.

The 24-year-old says he's an Eagle Scout with first-aid and emergency response training.

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11:10 a.m.

President Donald Trump is offering "thoughts and prayers" for those involved in the train derailment in Washington state.

Trump thanked the first responders at the scene and says the White House is monitoring the situation. Those thoughts came in his second tweet Monday about the derailment that officials say have killed at least six people.

His first tweet focused on the need for quick approval of a plan for more spending on infrastructure.

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10:55 a.m.

President Donald Trump is using a deadly train derailment in Washington state to call for a boost to infrastructure spending.

In a tweet sent about three hours after the crash that authorities said killed at least six Monday, Trump says it shows "more than ever why our soon to be submitted infrastructure plan must be approved quickly."